How do I set up a loan for which I am the lender?
A lending loan is a loan for which you are the lender and someone is paying you back on an amortized schedule. A lending loan is treated as an asset in Quicken that has a positive balance.
- Select .
- Select Other Assets & Liabilities, then Non-cash assets, any high value property.
- Follow the dialog steps, setting the Asset Value for the amount of the loan.
- In the final window of the Add Account dialog, when you are asked Is there a Loan on this asset?, select No.
- Select the account you just created on the account bar.
- On the right side of the screen, select (the Account Actions icon), and then choose Convert to a Lending Loan.
In the Convert This Asset to a Lending Loan dialog, click Convert. You will now need to follow the process for setting up a loan. For more information about setting up a loan see How do I set up a loan?
Quicken creates an asset account with a payoff schedule. You will need to enter all of the loan information.